FEDALMA, steam yacht at rest, 1894

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
August 09, 1894
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles August 9, 1894. Image of the steam yacht FEDALMA, at rest, starboard bow view, white hull, schooner rigged with shoreline in the distance. FEDALMA started as a 106' screw steam yacht built in 1886 by Theodore Durand of New York City, New York from designs by Philip Ellsworth. FELDAMA was her name from 1886 to 1907. During that time she was rebuilt and lengthened to 121' in 1892. Later she was renamed FIFE from 1908 to 1914. Her owner from 1886 to 1894 was E.M. Brown, a member of the New York Yacht Club. Handwritten info. from the negative sleeve: "Fedalma / Y115 / Box 12". Typed in small strip of paper adhered to surface edge: "314 Fedalma, August 9, 1894". Handwritten emulsion side margin edge: "Fedalma". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

FEOALMA steam yacht
Y.1984.187.115

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer